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The Rathwell School District was established formally in May 1889 and a school building was erected in the village of Rathwell in what is now the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne. In 1903, it was replaced by a two-storey wood frame building designed by Brandon architect Walter H. Shillinglaw. In 1956, the district was consolidated with Gordon Union School No. 393 (earlier located at SE2-9-9W) to form Rathwell Consolidated School No. 578. The building was demolished in 1961 and replaced by the present structure. In 1967, it became part of the Tiger Hills School Division No. 29.
On 18 July 1982, a stone monument topped by the original school bell was erected by former students and teachers in front of the last Rathwell School building, which is now closed and used for industrial purposes.
Principals
Teachers
Among the teachers who worked at Rathwell School were Minnie A. Ranton (Spring-Fall 1890), John J. Gibson (Spring - pt Fall 1891), Tillie A. Couch (pt Fall 1891 & Spring 1894 - Fall 1895), Jane L. Williams (Spring 1892 - Fall 1893), Herbert L. Walsh (Spring-Fall 1896), and John T. Little (Spring 1897 - Fall 1899).
Period |
Teachers |
1900 |
John T. Little, Anna M. Stewart |
1901 |
Josephine M. Dow (Fall), John T. Little, Annie M. Stewart (Spring) |
1902 |
? |
1903 |
? |
1904 |
Lilburne Lorne Dawson (senior grades), Lola Duff (grades ?), ? (junior and intermediate grades) |
1905 |
Anna B. “Annie” Bell (Fall), Lilburne Lorne Dawson (senior grades), Marie C. Jacobs (Spring), Edythe Marily? [Manly?] (Spring), Alice McLean (Fall) |
1906 |
Anna B. “Annie” Bell (grades 1-2, June & August-December), M. Allan Davis (grades ?, January-?), Lilburne Lorne Dawson (grades 7-9, January - pt April), Lillian Kinsman? (grades ?, January-?), Jessie J. McKenzie (grades 7-9, August-December), Alice McLean (grades 3-6, January-June), Clara Manly (grades 3-6, August-December), ? (grades 7-9, pt April - June) |
1907 |
Mary K. Anderson (grades 7-10, August-December), Anna B. “Annie” Bell (grades 1-3, January-June), Edith M. Bothwell (grades 3-6), Jessie J. McKenzie (grades 7-10, January-June), Velma Roxburgh (grades 1-2, August-December) |
1908 |
Mary K. Anderson (grades 8-10, January-June), Edith M. Bothwell (grades 3-6, January-June; grades 4-7, August-December), Abram M. Cronkhite (grades 8-10, August-December), Margaret C. McDonald (grades 1-3, August-December), Velma Roxburgh (grades 1-2, January-June) |
1909 |
Edith M. Bothwell (grades 4-7), Douglas M. Brown (grades 8-10, January-June), Adam Sharpe Gibson (grades 8-10, September-December), Margaret C. McDonald (grades 1-3) |
1910 |
Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (grades 8-10, September-December), Frances E. Forbes (grades 4-7), Adam Sharpe Gibson (grades 8-10, January-June), Margaret C. McDonald (grades 1-3) |
1911 |
Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (grades 8-10, January-June), Frances E. Forbes (grades 4-7), Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 8-10, August-December) |
1912 |
(January-June only): Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), A. Ethel Hanson (grades 4-7), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 8-10) |
1912-1913 |
Betty E. Christilaw (grades 4-7, August-December), Frances E. Forbes (grades 4-7, January-June), Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 8-10) |
1913-1914 |
Frances E. Forbes (grades 4-8), Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 9-11) |
1914-1915 |
Frances E. Forbes (grades 4-8), Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 9-11) |
1915-1916 |
Alberta Emblem (grades 5-8, August-December), Hetty Grime (grades 1-3), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 9-11), Edna Warren (grades 4-8, January-June) |
1916-1917 |
Hetty Grime (grades 1-3, August-December), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 9-11), Lily L. Ross [Rose?] (grades 1-3, January-June), Edna Warren (grades 4-8) |
1917-1918 |
Laura Hinchliffe (grades 1-2), Hilda Koester (grades 5-8), Clifford Knox Rogers (grades 9-11), Lily L. Ross [Rose?] (grades 3-5) |
1918-1919 |
J. A. Draper (grades 6-8, January-June), Laura Hinchliffe (grades 1-2), Hilda Koester (grades 6-8, September-December), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Lily L. Ross [Rose?] (grades 3-5) |
1919-1920 |
J. A. Draper (grades 9-11), Laura Hinchliffe (grades 1-2), Gertrude C. Hurton (grades 6-8), Mary Mott (grades 3-5) |
1920-1921 |
Margaret Arthur (grades 5-8), J. A. Draper (grades 9-11), Etta White (grades 1-4, wife of F. R. White) |
1921-1922 |
J. A. Draper (grades 9-11), Ethel P. Miller (grades 6-8), Margaret Thompson (grades 3-5), Etta White (grades 1-2) |
1922-1923 |
J. A. Draper (grades 9-12), Ethel P. Miller (grades 6-8, August-December), Margaret J. Moore (grades 6-8, January-June), Etta White (grades 1-2) |
1923-1924 |
Edith Ann Fingland (grades 9-11, September-December), Helena McAlpine (grades 3-5), Jessie W. McCreary (grades 1-2, January-June), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11, January-June), Margaret J. Moore (grades 6-8), Etta White (grades 1-2, September-December) |
1924-1925 |
Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 9-11), Helena McAlpine (grades 3-5), Margaret J. Moore (grades 6-8), E. Mae Taylor (grades 1-2) |
1925-1926 |
M. A Chalmers (grades 6-8), Helena J/I? McAlpine (grades 3-5), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), E. Mae Taylor (grades 1-2) |
1926-1927 |
M. A Chalmers (grades 4-7), Mary J. Perry (grades 8-11, September-March; grades 8-10, April-June), E. Mae Taylor (grades 1-3) |
1927-1928 |
A. M. Balfour (grades 4-7, pt March - June), M. A Chalmers (grades 4-7, September - pt March), John Alfred Hammond (grades 8-11), ? (grades 1-3) |
1928-1929 |
Wilfrid Gatley Booth (grades 8-12), Margaret Fyfe Castell (grades 1-3), Olive M. (grades 4-7) |
1929-1930 |
Wilfrid Gatley Booth (grades 8-11), Violet I. Bruce (grades 4-7), Mary Ida Forster (grades 1-3, wife of Wesley Sterling McGill) |
1930-1931 |
Wilfrid Gatley Booth (grades 8-11), Mary Ida Forster (grades 1-3), Mary Jane Webster (grades 4-7) |
1931-1932 |
Charles Edward Clare Durnin (grades 8-11, September - pt November; grades 9-11, pt November - June), Mary Ida Forster (grades 1-3), Mary Jane Webster (grades 4-7, September - pt November; grades 4-8, pt November - June) |
1932-1933 |
Mary Ida Forster (grades 1-4), Wesley Sterling McGill (grades 9-11), Mary Jane Webster (grades 5-8) |
1933-1934 |
Wesley Sterling McGill (grades 9-11), Doris Marie Martin (grades 1-4), Mary Jane Webster (grades 5-8) |
1934-1935 |
Mary McIntyre Cummings (grades 1-4, February-June), Ailsa M. Little (grades 1-4, January), Wesley Sterling McGill (grades 9-11), Doris Marie Martin (grades 1-4, September-December), Mary Jane Webster (grades 5-8) |
1935-1936 |
Mary McIntyre Cummings (grades 5-8), Wesley Sterling McGill (grades 9-11), Doris Marie Martin (grades 1-4) |
1936-1937 |
Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-8) |
1937-1938 |
Thelma Bessie Brown (grades 5-8), Doris Genevieve Gill (grades 1-4), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 9-11) |
1938-1939 |
Thelma Bessie Brown (grades 5-8), Doris Genevieve Gill (grades 1-4), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 9-11) |
1939-1940 |
Thelma Bessie Brown (grades 5-8), James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12), Doris Genevieve Gill (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12), Doris Genevieve Gill (grades 1-4), Winnifred Frances Smith (grades 5-8) |
1941-1942 |
James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12, August-October; grades 9-11, November-June), Jean Frances Rusk (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4) |
1942-1943 |
James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 5-8), Ada Marie Moffatt (grades 1-4) |
1943-1944 |
James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12), Doris Genevieve Gill (grades 1-4, January-June), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 5-8), Mary S. Ferguson Smith (grades 1-4, October-December), Dorothy Struthers (grades 1-4, September) |
1944-1945 |
Mary Aileen Dale (grades 5-8), James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-12), Nora Kelly (grades 1-4) |
1945-1946 |
Mary Aileen Dale (grades 5-8), James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-11), Nora Kelly (grades 1-4) |
1946-1947 |
Mary Aileen Dale (grades 5-8), James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-11), Nora Kelly (grades 1-4) |
1947-1948 |
Mary Aileen Dale (grades 5-8), James Austin Delgaty (grades 9-11), Dorothy Lillian Hanks (grades 1-4) |
1948-1949 |
Jeanne Marie Baille (grades 5-8), Clair Edmond Dawson (grades 9-11), Kathleen Elizabeth Shorthose (grades 1-4) |
1949-1950 |
Margaret Mary Alcock (grades 5-8), Clair Edmond Dawson (grades 9-11), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4) |
1950-1951 |
Clair Edmond Dawson (grades 9-11), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4), Margaret Jane Viola Ross (grades 5-8) |
1951-1952 |
Helen Harriet Borthistle (grades 5-8), Clair Edmond Dawson (grades 9-11), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4) |
1952-1953 |
Helen Harriet Borthistle (grades 5-8), Lorne Avery Chapple (grades 9-11), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4) |
1953-1954 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 5-8), William George Cooper (grades 9-11), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4) |
1954-1955 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 5-8), William George Cooper (grades 9-12), Minnie MacAulay (grades 1-4) |
1955-1956 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-4, August-December; grades 1-3, January-June), William George Cooper (grades 9-11, September-December; grades 10-11, January-June), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 7-9, January-June), George Barry Wherrett (grades 5-8, August-December; grades 4-6, January-June) |
1956-1957 |
Clara Alma Beswitherick (grades 3-5), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-12), George Barry Wherrett (grades 6-8) |
1957-1958 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Dave P. Miller (grades 6-8), Paul Harry Rudiak (grades 4-5, pt February - June), Kathleen Simms (grades 4-5, August - pt February) |
1958-1959 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Harry E. Klassen (grades 6-8), Paul Harry Rudiak (grades 4-5) |
1959-1960 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Paul Harry Rudiak (grades 6-8), Kathleen Simms (grades 3-5) |
1960-1961 |
Linda Karen Becker (grades 3-5), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Roy Verner Johnson (grades 6-8) |
1961-1962 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Ellen Mildred Jackson (grades 3-5), Roy Verner Johnson (grades 6-8) |
1962-1963 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-11), Ellen Mildred Jackson (grades 3-5), Douglas Brian “Doug” Reynolds (grades 6-8) |
1963-1964 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Maurice Alfred Decosse (grades 9-10), Ellen Mildred Jackson (grades 3-5), Douglas Brian “Doug” Reynolds (grades 6-8) |
1964-1965 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Wayne James William Hollier (grade 3 & 6-8), Ellen Mildred Jackson (grades 3-5) |
1965-1966 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Marie Christine Delf (grades 4-5), Wayne James William Hollier (grade 3 & 6-8) |
1966-1967 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Bernhard W. Wiens (grades 6-8), ? (grades 4-5) |
1967-1968 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8), ? (grades 3-6) |
1968-1969 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), G. S. Miller (grades 7-8), ? (grades 3-6) |
1969-1970 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-2), G. S. Miller (grades 7-8), Leona Marie Timmerman (grades 3-4) |
1970-1971 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3, September; grades 1-2, October - pt January; kindergarten & grades 1-2, pt January - June), Peter Deczycia (grades 7-8), Sharon Diane Marks (grades 3-4), Norah Arlene Sundell (grades 4-6, September - pt October; grades 5-6, pt October - June) |
1971-1972 |
Ronald Ivan Bell (grades 7-8), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Sharon Diane Marks (grades 4-6) |
1972-1973 |
Ronald Ivan Bell (grades 7-8), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Annette Rita Pittet (grades 4-6) |
1973-1974 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Sigridur Lenore Nordal (grades 4-6), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8) |
1974-1975 |
Laurie June Bush (grades 4-6), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8) |
1975-1976 |
Laurie June Bush (grades 4-6), Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8) |
1976-1977 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Rebecca L. S. Lau (grades 4-6), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8) |
1977-1978 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Heather Dalene Grobb (grades 4-6), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8) |
1978-1979 |
Monica Joan Charles (grades 1-3), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8), ? (grades 4-6) |
1979-1980 |
Monica Joan Charles (kindergarten & grades 1-3), Mark Richard Singleton (grades 7-8), Robyn-Lee Gale Wright (grades 4-6) |
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
“Local news [Miss Lola Duff is resigning her position in the Rathwell School ...],” Glenboro Gazette, 23 December 1904, page 1.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Rathwell, Man”, Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, July 1919, Archives of Manitoba.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rathwell School District No. 578 - Daily Registers, GR10755, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rathwell School District No. 578 - Daily Registers, GR14973, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Andrew Cunningham for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 March 2023
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